Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I took one of them once to go record the SUI Scottish > Hilanders bagpipe band, but it was raining so we all > retired into a 20x40 quonset hut. With the sound of about > 15 bagpipes all focused at the center of that thing by the > rounded roof, I plugged that mic into the line input on a > pretty good tandberg tape recorder that could do 15 ips, > and had to leave the line gain control down at about 1.5 on > a 0-10 scale. I think my tinnitus & carhart notches > started then. But I also got some quite usable recordings > they used as promo's for quite a while. Aha, so the scottish run from rain :) You happen to have an url for a picture of the Altec M-21 somewhere? Can't find one myself. Love to read your stories and recollections, Gene. -- Wolfgang